I took a moment this morning to scan through a listing of library job postings. Of course I saw nothing near me, but did forward a couple of promising posts to a friend looking for academic librarianship in the south. Georgia and Tennessee sound nice about now as I look out over my snow covered yard criss-crossed by tracks of the deer who ate my shrubs last night.
I’m headed to my local library shortly to begin working on the cheat sheets for my Wednesday midterm in complex web design. Can’t do it here, as Katie (the dog) has a new name: KATIE-NO! The only way she will settle down is if I open the slider and let her snif the fresh (and freezing) air outside. Meanwhile the furnace is running nonstop. So I’m abandoning ship. At the library I can have heat AND peace.
I need to find work, and I need to get more serious about looking soon. Maybe sooner than later. Wish I could spread my wings and fly to some new interesting far-away place, but reality says I need to find something here. Hopefully something will turn up if I am patient. And if I get my resume out there…anywhere within a 30 minute commute would make me happy.
Change Is Hard 
March 5, 2008 at 2:56 am
I SERIOUSLY recommend a period of no school and no work. Talk about how to figure out who you are. It’s a great exercise at any time, but we usually don’t (think we) have the luxury. At midlife, it is stupdendous.
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March 5, 2008 at 11:57 am
I think that’s a fabulous idea. I don’t know why we think we need to leap from one thing to the next with no rest in between. Perhaps I feel guilty that I’ve not contributed financially (much) for these two years. But when I think back, we lived off of my salary for years and years and years and…so I guess I shouldn’t feel that guilty. But I worry that if I don’t work right away I won’t want to go back to work at all. And then what was the point of all this (expensive) schooling? OH YEA! To learn some new stuff! 🙂
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